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utf-8-validate (6.0.5)

Published 2026-02-24 14:10:00 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

registry=

To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install utf-8-validate@6.0.5

or add it to the package.json file:

"utf-8-validate": "6.0.5"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

utf-8-validate

Check if a buffer contains valid UTF-8 encoded text.

Installation

npm install utf-8-validate --save-optional

The --save-optional flag tells npm to save the package in your package.json under the optionalDependencies key.

API

The module exports a single function that takes one argument. To maximize performance, the argument is not validated. It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it is correct.

isValidUTF8(buffer)

Checks whether a buffer contains valid UTF-8.

Arguments

• buffer - The buffer to check.

Return value

true if the buffer contains only correct UTF-8, else false.

Example

'use strict';

const isValidUTF8 = require('utf-8-validate');

const buf = Buffer.from([0xf0, 0x90, 0x80, 0x80]);

console.log(isValidUTF8(buf));
// => true

License

MIT

Dependencies

Dependencies

ID	Version
node-gyp-build	^4.3.0

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
mocha	^10.0.0
node-gyp	^10.0.1
prebuildify	^6.0.0
prebuildify-cross	^5.0.0

Keywords

utf-8-validate

Details

npm

2026-02-24 14:10:00 +00:00

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Einar Otto Stangvik

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Versions (2) View all

6.0.5 2026-02-24

5.0.10 2026-02-24